India, Oct. 29 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Delhi government to respond to a petition challenging legal provisions that bar school teachers from engaging in private tuition.

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela will take up the case on November 12. The petition was filed by a retired chemistry teacher Prem Prakash Dhawan who listed restrictions imposed on school teachers, arguing that these violated the rights of teachers.

Section 28 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, imposes a blanket ban on school teachers engaging in private tuition or private teaching activity. A similar restriction was also placed by Section 113 of the Delhi School Educ...